Binder for hair-dressing



R. '1. DUFFEE.

BINDER FOR H'AIR DRESSING.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT-30. 1920,

1,360, 100, Patented Nov. 23, 1920.

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WI T N E55 UNITED STATES REBECCA J. DUFFEE, 0F PITTSBURGH, IPEHNSYLVANIA.

BINDER FOR. HAIR-DRESSING.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patgnted NOV.23, 1920.

Application filed September 30, 1920. Serial N 0. 413,824.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Reenoon J. Durrnn, a citizen. of the United States, and residing in the city of Pittsburgh, in the county of .rillegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented or discovered a new, useful, and Improved Binder for Hair-Dressing, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists in a new and improved binder for hair-dressing.

The styles of coiffure now popular are characterized by the use of: wire frames on which the hair is rolled or puffed, and these frames are anchored to the head by means of binders or wire clamps which are clasped about locks of hair near the roots. To pre vent the coiifure becoming displaced or dis torted, the binders are secured also with hair pins.

The object which I have in view is the provision of a binder which will lie fiat against the head, remaining therefore entirely concealed; which will automatically adjust itself to any thickness of lock of hair, and which may be firmly attached in place without possibility of slipping.

With these, and other, advantageous objects in view, I have provided a binder formed by bending up a length of resilient wire, preferably cloth covered, and connecting its ends together. Said wire is bent.

to form a pair of triangles, preferably with a running connection between the same, and the apex of one of the triangles being provided with an integral loop, so that when the binder is closed about a lock of hair and the apex of one triangle is hooked into the loop of the other triangle, the hair is clamped in a vent formed by the adjacent legs of the two triangles, which vent is automatically adjusted to any thickness of lock by the running joint between the triangles and the resiliency of the legs.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a rear view of a-womans head showing one of my improved binders in place; Fig. 2 is a view on a larger'scale showing the binder closed as it is when in use, and Fig. 3 is a similar view of the binder shown open.

- The following is a detailed description of the drawings.

The binder A, shown in Fig. l as clasped about a lock of hair, B, near the root of the latter, is formed by bending up, and connecting together the ends of a length of resilient, and preferably cloth-covered, wire to 'hair pins remain in the hair.

triangle 2. The adjacent legs 6 and? of the triangles 1 and 2 form the sides of the hair vent.

When put into use, the binder is placed against a lock of hair with the legs 6 and 7 straddling the same, and the apex 5 is hooked into the loop 4:, as shown in Figs. 1

and 2, and the binder is then pushed snugly down to the root of the hair against the scalp where it is anchored by means of the hair pins C stuck in at the angles of the binder astraddle of the wire.

It is evident that the legs 6 and 7 being resilient and the joint between their inner ends being a running or sliding union, the capacity of the hair vent, formed when the binder is clamped about a lock of hair, is automatically adjusted to the thickness of the lock. Thus my binder can be used as satisfactorily by a person with scanty hair, as by one whose hair is thick. The angular corners of my binder also lend themselves to secure anchorage with hair pins, as the binder will not turn or shift as long as the Thus there can occur no slipping or distortion oi the coifi'ure, no matter how elaborate the same may be. Again my binder is substantially flat, fitting close to the scalp, instead of convex or bulging, and therefore there is no danger of the binder protruding or showing through the hair.

What I desire to claim is 1. A binder for use in hair dressing and constructed by bending up and connecting the ends of a length of resilient wire to form a pair of triangles disposed in the same plane and having their bases in substantial alinement, the inner leg of each triangle being integral with the base of the other triangle, and means for detachably connecting together the apexes oi the two triangles, whereby by placing the adjacentlegs of said triangles on either side of a lock of hair and connecting their apexes together said binder is clasped about a lock of hair, said legs forming the walls of the hair vent and said binder fitting flat against the scalp.

2. A binder for use in hair dressing and constructed by bending up and connecting the ends of a length of resilient Wire to form a pair of triangles disposed in the same plane and having their bases in substantial alineinent, the inner leg of each triangle being integral With the base of the other triangle and the two inner legs having a sliding attachment together at their juncture With said bases and inc-ans for detachably connecting together the apexes oi the 'two triangles, 'whereby by placing the adv'acent 1e s of the two trian les on either side 'ofa lock of hair and connecting their apexes together said binder is clasped about a lock of hair, said legs torining the Walls of the hair Vent and said binder fitting flat against the scalp, and said. vent being automatically adjusted to'the lock of hair owing to the slip joint between said legs.

3. A binder for use in hair dressing formed by bending up. and connecting together the ends of, a piece of resilient wire to provide a pair of triangles disposed in the same plane with a running joint interposed between them, and means tor detaehabl connecting together the apexes oi said two triangles, whereby by placing the adjacent legs of said triangles on either side of a lock of hair and connecting the apexes ot the triangles together said binder is clamped about said lock of hain said legs forming the Walls of the hair vent, and the running joint at the inner ends of said legs causing said vent to automatically adjust itself to the thickness of the lock of hair.

Signed at Des Moines. Iowa this (if Sept. 1920.

REBECUA .l. DUFFEE. 

